The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #32
"Outpost!" is a gripping wartime tale from Harvey Kurtzman’s EC Comics era, showcasing his masterful storytelling and stark, expressive art. Set in the tense atmosphere of the Afghan border, it follows a London Daily Press editor’s unsettling mission to uncover the truth behind a mysterious deserter and a deadly lone avenger, as recounted by a conflicted officer named Tubridy. The story, illustrated with precision by Kurtzman himself and presented in a striking cover by John Severin, captures the weight of duty and the shadow of violence in a remote outpost.
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The editor of the London Daily Press ventures to the Hurrum Hills along the Afghan border to meet with Tubridy in his quarters to ask delicate questions regarding unguarded talk of a deserter in F Company, something that was rare in the colonial service. Tubridy spoke of a Private Belbin and his friend Punda, and a mission Belbin volunteered for: to locate and stop a lone "avenger of blood", who hacked people to death with his Afghan sword. Tubridy later took a company of men out and found the lone avenger dead and only Belbin's binoculars laying next to him.
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